Improvement in advertising-devices



niente, neatly setup tosuit the l vspaces to be occupied.A

.. a lnid WANToN- s WE-BB, .0 F PROVIDENCE, RHODE lsL'AND.,

riwf @im Leners Patent No. 87,228, @ad February 23, 1869.

The Schedule referred to in these lLetters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it capcom: l

Be it known that I, WANTON S. WEBB, of the city and county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a eertain'novel and useful'Post-Otiice Let-` ter-Distributerfor Advertising-Purposes, 85e.; and Ido base A.

O represents an upright drum or cylinder, constructe y so as" to revolve upon pivots at the top aud`bottom;

D represents the base of thecyli'nderO, which pro' jects through foot-piece of the arches B.

E represents, in each .square on the cylinder O, a hook for holding letters by being'compressed between it and the face of the cylinder.

Figure 2 represents the same in top section, the several parts being lettered asin iig. l.

Figure -3 represents the cylinder 0in vertical section,and is specially intended to show letter-boxes constructed atan angle with the face of the cylinder, to-

receive letters, when insufficient lspace is aorded for 'a fulll display of the'sanie. f

These boxes are marked C O.

Iuconstmcting lthese dstributers for practical use, three sides would be closed, the same asis shown inv the drawingnpon the front side, having :glass set into. give' anunobstruoted viewof the the arches, so as to cylinder O. If'

The entire surface othecylinde'r, andof 'the outer.`

case, save the glass, should-be covered'with advertisesize and form fof ,the

In practice, I would construct the cylinders with, say,

twenty-six sides, one foreach letter in the alphabet,

and each side would be capableof displaying'as many letters. as the heightof the cylinder would-permit.

'The distributer and advertiser is designed and in.-

tended for use in small, country post oiric'zes.A

Let us suppose, by way of illustration, that one' o f my distributerswere deposited in a country post oice,

gratuitously, for the use ofthe postmaster, anddisplay of the advertisements upon it. If, as usual, the post masterwerestorekeeper, he would place it near hisv desk, securely fastened to the counter. l1A `mailon being received, would be set up on the.cylinder, each vletter according to the alphabeticalfarrangement, covering one of the spaces occupied by-a business-card.

Persons calling at the oice or store, without distnrbing the postmaster, can revolvethe cylinder, by

means ofthe protruding hase D, and-*ascertain forl themselves if any mailis for them.

The sides and front being closed, no access can be had to thev cylinder, except from the rearl of the coun-' ter.

These-distributers should be neatly constructed, and of sufficient beauty to secure for them a ready reception bythe postmasters, and to attract, not onlythe attention of persons calling for letters, -but of all comers on other business.

. To produce apost-oice letterdistributer, of novel construction, and peculiarly adapted for general adver- The post-orifice advertising-medium, consisting of 'the druinj'O, with ,the projecting ange D, protecting-guard (Embed, 1-the purposes specified.

,y A wAN'roNsWEBB-i B', 'arrang' d and operating .substantially as'shown 'and 

